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Eleanor H. Porter

1868 - 1920

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Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist. She was best known as the creator of the Pollyanna series of books, starting with Pollyanna (1913), which were a popular phenomenon. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eleanor H. Porter is the 1,020th most popular writer (up from 1,304th in 2019), the 1,433rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,558th in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Writer.

Eleanor H. Porter is most famous for her children's novel, Pollyanna.

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Among writers, Eleanor H. Porter ranks 1,020 out of 7,302. Before her are André Bazin, Yosa Buson, Fyodor Tyutchev, Nicolas Chamfort, Johann Peter Eckermann, and Clément Marot. After her are Ann Radcliffe, John Fowles, Gregory Skovoroda, Egeria, Madeleine de Scudéry, and Jean-Claude Carrière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Eleanor H. Porter ranks 46. Before her are Josephine Bakhita, Stefan George, Pompeu Fabra, Felix Hausdorff, Édouard Vuillard, and Magnus Hirschfeld. After her are Alexandra David-Néel, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Koloman Moser, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr., Gustav Noske, and Paul P. Harris. Among people deceased in 1920, Eleanor H. Porter ranks 23. Before her are Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Inessa Armand, Essad Pasha Toptani, John Reed, Jeanne Hébuterne, and Benito Pérez Galdós. After her are Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria, Venustiano Carranza, Dmitri Ivanovsky, Nectarios of Aegina, Max Klinger, and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eleanor H. Porter ranks 1,433 out of 20,380. Before her are Dalton Trumbo (1905), Pat Carroll (1927), Alonzo Church (1903), Robin Wright (1966), Gina Haspel (1956), and Charles G. Dawes (1865). After her are Spike Lee (1957), Tom Morello (1964), Vincent Price (1911), Bill Russell (1934), Betty White (1922), and Leland H. Hartwell (1939).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Eleanor H. Porter ranks 116. Before her are Sherwood Anderson (1876), Thomas Wolfe (1900), John Grisham (1955), Nellie Bly (1864), Ed Bradley (1941), and Dalton Trumbo (1905). After her are Mary Higgins Clark (1927), Clifford D. Simak (1904), William Gibson (1948), Thomas Pynchon (1937), Edith Wharton (1862), and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807).

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